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5 Races To Watch, Prize Money Info For 2019 Mel Zajac International

A Markus Thormeyer-Luca Urlando showdown in the 200 free (with both putting up lifetime-bests within two tenths of each other within the past three months) could be a highlight of the junior-heavy Mel Zajac International Meet in Canada.

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South African Olympian Christopher Reid to Join NC State Post-Grad Group

The Alabama post-grad will head to Raleigh as a result of the coaching changes in Tuscaloosa.

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Lindenwood-Belleville Swim Team & Undergrad Campus To Shut Down In Spring 2020

Lindenwood University – Belleville has announced that it will be shutting down next spring and consolidating with the main Lindenwood University campus in St. Charles, Missouri. That includes the Lindenwood Belleville swimming & diving teams, which will be discontinued.

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NCAA Champion Robert Howard to Join IU Pro Group After Summer Nationals

Howard will follow his former Alabama coach Jonty Skinner, now the associate head sprint coach at Indiana, to Bloomington later this year.

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Worlds Medalist Margo Geer Moves from IU to Alabama with Coley Stickels

Geer is one of a handful of Indiana post-grads we know are following Stickels.

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Hali Flickinger’s Has a New Evening Routine: Walking Her Cat (Video)

2019 ATLANTA CLASSIC May 17th-19th, 2019 Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia LCM (50m pool) Meet Information Psych Sheets…

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Erika Brown and Ryan Coetzee Act As One Another’s Butterfly Mentors (Video)

In Atlanta, Brown and Coetzee gave us a little insight into their relationship as training partners, and told us how they work together to help one another improve.

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Was There A Current In the Pool At the Bloomington Pro Swim Series?

Barry Revzin dives into data that suggests a current in the outside lanes of the pool at last weekend’s Bloomington Pro Swim Series.

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Kate Douglass Hits PRs in All Five Disciplines at Atlanta Classic

Her times in the 50 free, 200 IM, and 100 fly move her into the top 10 rankings in 17-18 history.

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Olympian Ryan Held Following Coach Coley Stickels to Alabama

Held, who had moved to train with the Indiana pro group in February, expects Zane Waddell, Laurent Bams and Ali Khalafalla will comprise his main training partners at Alabama.

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Lilly King was Shooting for #1 Times in the World This Weekend (Video)

Lilly King made it two-for-two in the women’s breaststroke events with a win in the 50, touching in 30.03 to move past Yuliya Efimova (30.26) for the top time in the world this year.

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Beisel Bunch Wins Bloomington SwimSquads, Moves Up To 3rd in Points

Elizabeth Beisel’s Beisel Bunch won the Bloomington stop of the Pro Swim Series in SwimSquad points, earning 89 and passing up Maya DiRado’s DiRadSquad for third. Cammile Adams’ Adams Family struggled in Bloomington, but still holds a strong lead over Connor Jaeger’s Jaeg-Train in the series with one stop to go.

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Cody Miller Takes Over PSS Lead; Regan Smith Wins Big In Bloomington

Cody Miller used a huge Bloomington showing to take over the top swim on the 2019 Pro Swim Series, putting him in line for a $10,000 bonus with just one meet to go.

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Mallory Comerford Takes us Through her Whirlwind Weekend (Video)

We later learned that Comerford’s scratch on Night 3 was to go to a teammates wedding in Columbus, Ohio, a 4-hour drive from Bloomington

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Simone Manuel on 100 Free: “I’m a little frustrated with my 2nd 50” (Video)

After being the only swimmer sub-54 in the prelims, Simone Manuel got the job done tonight in the A final. She posted a 53.65, a touch off of her morning swim.

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